Long running tariff disputes between U.S.-based solar energy project builders and domestic component manufacturers over cheaper Chinese imports came to a head this month on two fronts. A federal court agreed with developers that duties on certain solar panels are not legal, and the U.S. Commerce Dept. declined to rule on an anti-dumping complaint from three anonymous American producers.
U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Gary Katzmann ruled Nov. 16 that the Trump Administration illegally modified its trade restrictions on solar panels to retroactively include two-sided “bifacial” solar panels.